According to the internet gospel of wikipedia, macadamia nuts are sometimes used by law enforcement to simulate crack cocaine in drug stings. This is because when ground down, macadamia powder is a dead ringer for cocaine.
This parallel fascinates me. I cannot think of a food more addictive than macadamias. My mother hides jars of them when I come home to visit, because I've been known to polish off a jar in a single sitting. Without sharing. This is especially infuriating on holidays like Thanksgiving, since I'll spoil my appetite and then not eat nearly enough of the fruits of her hours of labor. And I feel a victim, since I cannot resist the "taste of the tropics."
I wanted to make these macadamia-crusted scallops this week. But I made the mistake of buying the macadamias before buying the scallops. The macadamias were gone before I even made it to the fish monger.
